180. Easily said, less easily done

Maybe you can prove me wrong, but my observation is that "whistle blowers" and people who step up against wrong are becoming less and less effective. And while noone wants to suffer, even fewer people are willing to suffer for no benefit.

Sunlight as the best disinfectant seems to have lost its power. Now we know that our shirts are made in unsafe factories in Bangladesh, but we will still buy them. There's just so much wrong out there, that no one can encompass all of it, so most just give up. And the whole point of exposing something is that then the mass of people will exact the justice. But they don't anymore.

Similarly, in a case like this, or a whistle blower, the end result is supposed to be the government stepping in to regulate and fix the problem that comes to light. But what is the likelihood that will actually happen? Maybe, maybe they get a slap on the wrist fine for what they've done. Chances are that not even that happens, but if it does, the likelihood it goes any further is minimal.

So whats the point? Americans are not the proud, rebellious people they were. We know better. We've matured. We know the system is corrupt. Left, right and center we know it is, even if we disagree on the causes. But we also know that its inevitable, and hey, we still have TV and TV dinners, and if we cant really effectively protest and we have to sit in free speech zones, we still have our guns so we know freedom is intact.